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From: neilg@fraser.sfu.ca (Neil K. Guy)
Subject: Re: Editor for TADS
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Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
References: <1993Oct15.153014.29792@midway.uchicago.edu> <CEyvKA.320@rice.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 06:14:44 GMT
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In article <1993Oct15.153014.29792@midway.uchicago.edu> lyn6@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>I was wondering what kind of editors people out there use for authoring TADS
>adventures. I have been using a simple windows text editor, but am wondering
>if there is something more suitable for programming (e.g. run the compiler from
>within the editor). Also just curious about what people use.

 Well this won't help you any, but on my Macintosh I use BBEdit to
write my TADS program. You can't link it with the Macintosh TADS
compiler, but I wouldn't find that helpful anyway as I have an
extremely ancient and very slow Mac and insufficient memory to make
that sort of thing useful. However I find BBEdit a terrific text
editor. Lots of features, but useful ones. And it's straightforward to
use - no hours of messing about! I can't imagine not using a windowed
editor to write code anymore. I can move stuff around instantly,
compare different iterations of files without flipping screens and
that kind of thing. Nothing revolutionary, but definitely useful. Oh,
and BBEdit Lite is free as well, which is quite a bonus.

 - Neil K. (n_k_guy@sfu.ca)
